Writing is a life skill for PMs. Writing is crucial to building shared context, ideating solutions, and inspiring and rallying teams around a common…
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January 2023

The success of UX products depends on how well you partner with your design counterparts. Having a great designer on your team is just as good as how…

December 2022

I started PM Nirvana about a year ago to share my learning with the product management community. Along the way, I sought to develop a discipline of…

October 2022

At its best, your manager can be the most significant career ally. Surprisingly, you can forge this alliance with the manager. The key is in recognizing…

September 2022

A significant number of PMs come from a strong engineering background. The expertise in building products often leads the curiosity to explore the other…

August 2022

I woke up to yet another promising work day. I did all the right things to set myself up for success - I slept well, then followed a healthy morning…

June 2022

This month, I am in the middle of my 7th semester-planning session at Microsoft. As a team, we continue to refine the art with each iteration. Based on…

May 2022

If you are a product manager building technical products, your fate depends on how well you partner with your engineering team. Throughout my career, I…

March 2022

As Tony Robin always says, emotions determine the quality of our life. Extending that to product management, emotions determine the quality of our job…

February 2022

A promotion is a tangible milestone in a PM career and a strong validation of your employer recognizing your impact on the business. Seeking and…
Focus is the top input metric for product managers and a key ingredient to a PM Nirvana. Why? Focus leads to faster and better decisions, more clarity…

January 2022

Working with a distributed team is hard. Interaction opportunities are highly constrained due to the limited overlapping times, and ensuring an…